The VegetarianModern · Fiction, Horror, Contemporary
The Vegetarian
2007 · 158 pages · Fiction
37
Modern
★ 3.65 on Goodreads · 470K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 4 hours to read · about 8 days at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
International Booker Prize winner (2016). On the NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century list. 3.65★ from 470K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
37Must-Read Score
- Readers1 out of 100 · counts 40%+0
- Critics83 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+29
- Bestseller43 out of 100 · counts 14%+7
- Buzz4 out of 100 · counts 15%+1
Critics and Bestseller are two ways to earn a place: a book's stronger one counts more. Buzz rewards recent bestseller weeks and prizes, so older books start at zero.
Where it ranks
- #31 of the 69 horror books we rank
- #116 of the 209 literary novels we rank
- #416 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #913 of the 1,404 books we rank
Won
- International Booker Prize winner (2016)
On the lists
- NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
Reads as
Dark, Moving, Gripping
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